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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

GEORGE W. EDDY, OF PLAINVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, ANDREW TURNBULL, AND JAMES A. SWANSTON, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONN., (DOING BUSINESS AT NEW BRITAIN UNDER THE FIRM NAME OF MECHANICAL NOVELTY WORKS.)

TOY BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,699, dated September 28, 1880.

Application led July 3, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEO. W. EDDY, of Plainville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Banks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in toy banks, in which three moving figures are arranged .so that the middle one first receives a coin, when one gure apparently bunts and pushes said figure forward, while the third gure rises and swallows the coin.

These same figures may be arranged under various modifications.

The objects of my improvement are to make an attractive toy bank at a moderate cost.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation with the plate for covering one side of the boX removed. Fig. 2 is a like view, showing the gures in a Fig. 3 is a plan view with the figures or images removed. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line x .r of Fig. l, and Figs. 5 and G are side elevations, showing a modified construction.

A designates the figure of a frog mounted so as to swing upon the pivot or axle a, and from which axle an arm, b, extends downward into the box or receptacle B, under the base or platform C. An oscillating movement of this ligure frog upon its pivot will throw it into either of the two positions represented in Figs. l and 2. 1

Although I have 'specified this itigure as a frog, the figure of some other animal or object mounted in like manner may be substituted therefor. This igure frog I represent with an open mouth, in which it is designed to deposit pennies or coins, and the figure frog may be made hollow so as to constitute the receptacle for the money, or it may have an opening through it and the base-plate `C also be provided with an opening, d, so that the coins will pass through the frog into the receptacle B, as indicated in Fig. l.

D represents thefgure of a man, also mounted upon a pivot or axle, c, in the middle of the base. This iigure also has an arm, c, rigidly connected to it, which extends downward into the box B. The arms of the gure D are provided with a seat, f, upon which a coin may be placed, as represented in Fig. l, but left free so as to slide therefrom so soon as the seat upon which it rests is sufficiently inclined.

In the rear of the figure of the man D, I arrange the figure of a four-legged beast-as, for instance, a goat or ram, E. The legs g g of this goat are jointed or hinged to the body thereof, and also to lugs h 71, upon the base C.

An arm, z', is rigidly connected to the four legs of the goat E, and also extends downward into the box B.

Underneath the base C is a bar or slide, H, to which the arms b e fi of the several images are connected, the arms b and t' being hinged to'said bar by a simple pin or rivet.v

The arm e, which is connected to the man D,

is connected to the bar H by a light spring, j. (See Fig. 4.) This spring is also represented by broken lines in Figs. l and 2, and it will cause the arm e to move in one direction with the slide or bar H, so as to swing the gure man D backward 5 but by the elasticity of the spring the arm e docs not necessarily move at the same speed or over the same space as the bar or slide H. y

The base-plate C is provided with a stop, k, against which the heel of the figure man D rests and prevents it from being swung backward beyond a certain point- Those of the lugs It h to which the rear legs of the ligure goat E are pivoted are so high that when the figure goat is swung into the position represented in Fig.l the hinges connectingthe legs with the body are a little below the hinge which connects the feet with the lugs, whereby an endwise pressure upon the slide or bar H will not -move the gure goat out of its position except the figure goat is rst raised a little, so as to carry the joint at the upper end of the legs above a horizontal line passing through the pivot of the feet.

The spring I is connected at one end to the under side of the base C, and at the other end to the slide or bar H, so as to exert a conti nual pressure to throw the bar in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1. The peculiar hanging of the ligure goat E, as before eX- plained, will prevent this spring from moving the bar so long as the figure goat is in the reclinin g position represented in Fig. 1. By raisingthe rear endof the figure goat slightly, so as to allow the bar to move under the in` fluence of the spring, the figure goat bows his head, bunts the figure man and throws him forward, and simultaneously with this movement the ligure frog rises, all the gures taking the position represented in Fig. 2, when if a coin had been previously deposited upon the seatf upon the ligure mans armsit would slide into the gure frogis mouth.

Although I have described the ligure goat as actually bunting the ligure man, if desired the iigures might be so connected with the bar H that the ligure goats head would not come into actual contact with the ligure man, but would still have all the appearanceof so doing. The figure frog or other image may, if desired, be made stationary in the position shown in Fig. 2, while the figure goat and figure man may be moved in the manner hereinbefore described, and as shown.

- If desired, the figure of the frog might be so arranged as to open and close its mouth automatically, and instead of receiving the money into its body the coin might be stopped in its mouth, and so arranged that when the figure frog was turned down to his lowerlnost position the coin would fall out of its mouth and through an opening into the receptacle under the platform or base.

Instead of making the seat for the coin u'pon the figure mans arms it might be made upon his head or shoulder, in which case the concussion of the figure goat as it bunted the figure man would throw the coin backward, where itmight be received in any suitable receptacle. In this case the figure of the frog or other animal at that place would be omitted.

Other figures might be lsubstituted for those of the ligure man and ligure goat, as well as for the figure frog, one of which is represented in Figs'. 4 and 5, the same being the ligure of a mule or donkey, F, swinging upon the pivot 1, which is secured rigidly to a standard pro jecting from the base upward between the fore legs of the ligure donkey F.

Underneath the platform or base C an anglelever is pivoted on a suitable axle, 2, with the end of one arm pivoted to the end of the bar H by means of pivot 3, and at the other end to the figure horses fore feet by means of pivot 4.

In order to allow the proper movement of the gure horse with this angle-lever, the pivot 4 must be either in a slot in the fore leg or pivoted to a slide which slides longitudinally upon the leg. In this modication the figure frog and the figure man are the same as in the other figures.

When the parts are in the position represented in Fig. 5 the pivot 3 is above that of the pivot 2, and consequently the springI will not move the bar.

Ihe end of the bar H is designed to pro ject a little through the case, so that its outer end may be depressed, and as soon as its end is depressed far enough to bring the pivot 3 below the horizontal plane occupiedby pivot 2 the spring I will suddenly throw the parts into the position represented in Fig. 6 and operate upon the ligure man and ligure frog, as before described for the figure man and ligure frog in the other figures.

If desired the figure of the man may be dispensed with and the figure goat moved a little nearer to the figure frog, and provided with a seat or coin holder upon its head, so that a coin placed thereon when the figure goat was moved under the influence of the spring I would be pitched from the gure goats head into the figure frogs mouth, in which case the ligure goat and the frog would be connected to the bar, and spring in the same manner as hereinbefore described, except th at they would be nearer together.

Instead of making the seat or coin-holder upon the ligure goatshead the figure of a man might be represented as riding upon the figure goat, and the coin might be pitched from the figure mans arms or cap into the figure frogs mouth.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a toy bank, three figures, the middle one provided with a coin-holder and all connected by a mechanism adapted to operate so that one of the end iigures is made to kick or bunt the middle gure, while the other end figure -rises to receive the coin as the other two figures move toward it, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The figure of `the man D and the ligure of the animal behind it, both connected together by a spring operating mechanism adapted to operate so that the gure of the animal moves toward the gure D, and the ligure D is bowed forward to deposit a coin, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

3. In a toy bank, the figure of an animal, in combination with the bar H and spring I and IOO IIO

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the connecting-pivots, combined and arranged in such manner that when the ligure of the animal is in one position the pivot-s are thrown by the center toward which the spring pulls, and thereby the gure is retained in its position against the power of the spring, and by moving it on its pivots it is brought into position to be moved by the influence of its springs, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

4. In a toy bank, the figure of a goat or other four-legged animal, with its legs hinged to its body, and also hinged to lugs mounted on a suitable base at its feet, in combination with the bar H and spring I, in manner substan- *'v ri 5. In a toy bank, the figure of a frog, A, or its fore feet and forward part of its body, subother four -legged animal, pivoted near its stantially as described, and for the purpose ro haunches, as described, in combination With specied. Aa companion upright gure pivoted near its 5 base on an axis parallel to thatV of the figure A, and connected by a mechanism adapted to Witnesses: operate so that the companion ligure bows to- J AMES SHEPARD, ward the figure A as the' latter figure raises JOHN EDWARDS, J r.

GEORGE W. EDDY. 

